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HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 24: Actor/producer/director Ben Affleck accepts the Best Picture award for ?Argo? onstage during the Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Bryan Cranston, left, as Jack O'Donnell and Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez in "Argo," a rescue thriller about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.

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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 19: Ben Affleck speaks during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Evolving Security Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Implications for U.S. National Security at Rayburn House Office Building on December 19, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images)

Ben Affleck, right, and Cindy McCain, wife of U.S. Senator John McCain, arrive prior to testifying on Congo before the House subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights on Capitol Hill, on March 8, 2011, in Washington.

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Ben Affleck attends a discussion with a panel of experts focused on what can be done to strengthen US foreign policy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Washington, on Nov. 30, 2010.

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Ben Affleck attends the premiere of "The Town," a drama about bank robbers, at Fenway Park, on Sept. 14, 2010, in Boston. Affleck directed and starred in the film.

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Ben Affleck walks through a camp for displaced people, Nov. 19, 2008, near Kibati, just north of Goma, in eastern Congo.

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Ben Affleck, left, speaks as human rights activist Rose Mapendo looks on during the launch of the "Gimme Shelter" Campaign for the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to raise awareness and funds for the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the United Nations headquarters, Dec. 17, 2008, in New York.

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Ben Affleck arrives for the screening of the film "The Town" at the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Sept. 8, 2010.

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Actors Jeremy Renner and Jon Hamm, director Ben Affleck and actress Rebecca Hall pose at the photo call for the film "The Town" at the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, Sept. 8, 2010.

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Ben Affleck, left, and Jeremy Renner are shown in a scene from "The Town."

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Ben Affleck carries a box of food during a box packing competition at the America's Second "Harvest Send Hunger Packing" event, in Denver, Aug. 27, 2008.

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Ben Affleck and wife, actress Jennifer Garner, are seen during the 16th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium, on Jan. 14, 2011, in Los Angeles.

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Ben Affleck is seen on "Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Academy Awards," on Feb. 24, 2008. During the program, Affleck appeared in a video with Kimmel, with guest appearances by Brad Pitt, Harrison Ford, Don Cheadle and others. As of Feb. 28, more than 2.5 million had watched the video on YouTube. It was payback to Kimmel's girlfriend, Sarah Silverman's, video starring Matt Damon.

"Gone Baby Gone" director Ben Affleck, left, and his brother, cast member Casey Affleck, pose together at the Chicago premiere of the film, Oct. 10, 2007.

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A Boston native and die-hard Red Sox fan, Ben Affleck takes his wife, actress Jennifer Garner, to a game at Fenway Park between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, Oct. 1, 2005. Two months later, their daughter, Violet, was born.

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Actor, director, and activist Ben Affleck announces his support for a health care workers' campaign during a press conference, Oct. 16, 2007, in Boston.

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Actors Don Cheadle, right, and Ben Affleck play during the Ante Up for Africa charity poker tournament at the World Series Poker in Las Vegas, July 5, 2007.

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Actor Ben Affleck points while his wife, actress Jennifer Garner smiles as they attend the Boston Red Sox game against the New York Yankees, in Boston, on June 2, 2007. The "Faredevil" co-stars were engaged after nine months of seeing each other. In May 2005, it was announced that Garner was pregnant and the couple were married on June 29. Garner gave birth to a daughter, Violet Anne Affleck, on Dec. 1, 2005.

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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck react to winning the Oscar Best Original Screenplay for "Good Will Hunting" at the 70th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, March 23, 1998. It was this movie that brought both actors national attention. Before that, Affleck's career included minor roles in such films as "School Ties."

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The Oscar rocketed Affleck to star status and led to leading roles in many successful movies, including "The Sum of All Fears", shown, "Armageddon," "Forces of Nature," "Pearl Harbor," "Changing Lanes," and "Daredevil."

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With Damon, Affleck took on a producing stint for HBO's "Project Greenlight." Here the two chat before speaking to Television Critics Association members during HBO's part of the TCA summer pess tour in Pasadena, Calif., July 13, 2001. The contest and documentary series has produced two feature films and was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Reality Program in 2002, 2004 and 2005.

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Damon, left, and Affleck join the Harvard Living Wage Campaign at a rally, May 6, 2000, to pressure Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., to implement a living wage of $10.25 per hour for all service workers. Damon attended Harvard, and Affleck's father and stepmother were Harvard custodians.

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Ben Affleck and his fiancee, Jennifer Lopez pose for photographers as they arrive at the premiere of their film "Gigli," July 27, 2003, in Los Angeles. The two met on the set of the film and became an "item" for the tabloids, who dubbed the high-wattage duo "Bennifer." Publicity reached a fever pitch as the media speculated over the scheduled wedding Lopez and Affleck and the unexpected calling off of the nuptials.

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Heartthrob Ben Affleck is among the actors who have been given People magazines's "Sexiest Man Alive" designation (2002). He became a tireless tabloid topic when he was involved with and leter engaged to Jennifer Lopez, earning them the moniker "Bennifer."